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The 2023 First Place Global Leadership Institute Symposium is on track to drive change.
Plans for a new marketplace of housing and community options are picking up steam. Momentum for more equitable healthcare is gaining. Workplace acceptance is charging forward. The bridge to lifelong learning is taking shape.
During the 2023 First Place Global Leadership Institute Symposium, we will work together and add fuel to these powerful engines of progress. Join us for this energizing event and remarkable journey. All aboard!
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Navigate the landscape through demonstrated tools and processes helping you build in less time, with less risk and for long-term sustainability. Be that breakthrough property in your community that leads to a wave of solutions.
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Beyond accommodations, it’s about game-changing opportunities impacting bottom lines and invigorating business culture in positive ways.
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Learning takes place where we live, work, have fun and thrive—and with peers, friends and family where natural consequences provide valued, fortifying lessons.
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Expanding access to health and wellness for neurodiverse adults requires expanding education, expertise and collaboration. Join us in ensuring no one goes untreated or is medically misunderstood because of autism and/or other intellectual/developmental disabilities (A/I/DD).
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Learn what's needed to educate law enforcement, correctional officers and court staff on how to work with autistic and intellectually/developmentally disabled individuals to avoid issues at the time of arrest, during the judicial process and throughout incarceration. Join the conversation.
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Identify needs and preferences through population and market segmentation, data collection and analysis positioned to shape policies and funding mechanisms.
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Trailblazing is hard work. On the right path? Engaging others to join you? Hear from researchers and community builders creating gateways for exploration and expansion.
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Coupling is required for building and sustaining a supportive community. You can’t build it alone. From education and healthcare to transportation and public safety, they fortify us to live healthier, more connected lives. Fortify yourself and others to go the distance.
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Founder & President/CEO, First Place AZ ;
Co-Founder, SARRC and Matt’s Mom
Director, First Place Global Leadership Institute Center for Education, Training & Employment
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Healthier Outcomes: People, Places & Purpose – Keynote Speaker Dr. Thomas Insel, Former NIMH Director and Author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health.
In addressing today's mental health crisis, Dr. Insel concludes that what the world needs now is not another pharmaceutical intervention but the three Ps: people, places and purpose.
Enjoy a specially curated art exhibit by Calvin Shin, First Place Transition Academy graduate, along with a facilitated panel with Drs. Thomas Insel, Stephen Shore and Raun Melmed. The panel will discuss that co-occurring conditions for autistic people and those with Down syndrome and other intellectual/developmental disabilities are not uncommon and frequently manifest during adolescence and adulthood.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
We suggest Embassy Suites by Hilton Phoenix Downtown North. Use our group rate (good through Sunday, Sept. 17) and enjoy their complimentary breakfast.
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